Sentence examples for * peatland from inspiring English sources

I have been working with the IUCN's UK Peatland Programme and other partners in a Defra-funded research project to devise the pilot Peatland Code.

If the peatland forests were allowed to regrow, they would resequester much of the released carbon.

In 2007, he barred companies from clearing primary forest or peatland.

Lakes, marshes, peatland, woods, heaths, and agricultural areas determine the general floral species.

Many of the land concessions of those companies are in the precious peatland area.

Best practice for peatland forest protection is already being pioneered by players within Indonesia's pulp sector.

Drainage canals dry out peatland, releasing carbon emissions and creating the conditions for forest fires.

"In their undisturbed, flooded state, peatland forests are naturally fire-resistant.

Over a period of time, big areas of our peatland have fallen into a really poor state.

Investing in peatland restoration cannot become an excuse for companies to offset their carbon without reducing emissions at source.

Wenas also said the new canal was built as a fire break and not for drying out the peatland.